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NOTE: This article was updated on 23 May 2019 to take account of the sentence decided by the court at the hearing on 17 April 2019. This tragic case involving a healthcare company charged with breaching health & safety legislation after the death of a young patient in its care, may have been the… Read more »

The judgment of the English and Welsh Court of Appeal in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA & Ors highlights the importance of company directors’ duty to have regard to creditors’ interests. This duty arises when they knew, or should have known, that the company was or was likely to become insolvent. Background The initial… Read more »

There has been a great deal of activity in the Scottish charity sphere these past months with new investment guidance launched as well as the Scottish third sector governance code. The most recent announcement is the Scottish Government’s ‘Consultation on Scottish Charity law’ (the Consultation) which poses some important questions with a view to “…maintain… Read more »

The Government has set out the changes to the law it plans to make in response to the drone related disruption at Gatwick last December. Today’s announcement takes the form of two distinct proposals: Firstly, the Government has laid before Parliament amendments to the Air Navigation Order 2016 (ANO) to broaden the restricted zones around… Read more »